Sharded Cluster Administration

Config Server Administration

This section contains articles and tutorials related to sharded cluster config server administration

View Cluster Configuration

View status information about the cluster's databases, shards, and chunks.

Restart a Sharded Cluster

Stop and restart a sharded cluster.

Migrate a Sharded Cluster to Different Hardware

Migrate a sharded cluster to a different hardware system, for example, when moving a pre-production environment to production.

Add Shards to a Cluster

Add a shard to add capacity to a sharded cluster.

Remove Shards from an Existing Sharded Cluster

Migrate a single shard's data and remove the shard.

Clear jumbo Flag

Manually clear jumbo flag from a chunk.

Back Up Cluster Metadata

Create a backup of a sharded cluster's metadata while keeping the cluster operational.

Convert Sharded Cluster to Replica Set

Convert a sharded cluster into a single replica set.

Convert a Replica Set to a Sharded Cluster

Convert a replica set to a sharded cluster in which each shard is its own replica set.